Gold Digging: Final Predictions/If I Had A Ballot

Gold Digging: Final Predictions/If I Had A Ballot

Alright, so its about 24 hours from showtime (and since I’m in Utah, the already horrible 8:30am wakeup call has now become 6:30am), and I’m ready to give my last shot at predicting glory. I tried to be as ballsy as possible (which actually was somewhat easy considering the 8 for 5 best picture blowout), and this is most demonstrated in my likely-wrong Michael Clayton best picture snub and my Amy Adams for best actress risk.. I’m going with Blood as the big leader. So in all its questionable glory, my predictions after the jump (supplemented with own personal choices).

Best Picture:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into The Wild
Juno
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

If I Had A Ballot: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, No Country For Old Men, Once, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Language Film:
12
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Mongol
The Year My Parents Went On Vacation

If I Had A Ballot (and the rules were changed): 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Les Chansons D’Amour, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Persepolis, XXY

Best Documentary:
Body of War
Lake of Fire
No End in Sight
Sicko
Taxi To The Darkside

If I Had A Ballot: My 5 predicted nominees are the 5 docs I saw last year, save Taxi and replaced with Manufactured Landscapes… but if its any consolation I’m already well on my way to tripling that number in ’08 with Sundance…

Top Nominees:
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – 8
INTO THE WILD – 8
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – 6
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – 6
SWEENEY TODD – 6
ATONEMENT – 6
MICHAEL CLAYTON – 6
RATATOUILLE – 4
JUNO – 4

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